Dump-cart.



PATENTED SEPT. 8, 1908.

F. O. FELLER.

DUMP CART.

APPLICATION FILED 0012s, 1907.

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FRANK c. FELLER, or CLEVELAND, OHIO.

DUMP-CART.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 8, 1908.

Application filed October 23, 1907. Serial No. 398,696.

Be it known that I, FRANK C. FELLER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and are in front of the center of out in the claims.

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State of Ohio, have invented a certam new and useful Improvement in Dump-Carts, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description; The invention is especially adapted for use 1n connection with toy dump carts, and it consists of the novel combinations of parts hereinafterdescribed and definitely pointed In the drawing, Fi re lis aside elevation of a dump cart em odyingthe invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom view thereofl Fi 3 is a top plan view of the extreme end of t edraft bar and the parts associated therewith; Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the mechanism for preventing the cart body from tipping backward,the bolt housing in this view be'ing shown in section. Fi 5 is a transverse sec tional view in the ane indicatedby line 55 on Fig." 1; and -Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view in the plane indicated by line 66 on Fig. 1.

Referring to the parts by letters, A represents the cart body and a, 0 represent two "ears which project downward therefrom and serve as bearings for the axle B. These ears cart body, and therefore, said body tends to tip backward as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

D represents the draft bar. It is made of a thin strip of metal, bent near its middle to form the loop or handle d. The two parts of l v the strip then extend in contact with-each other rearward to the point'near the front end of the cart body where thei diverge and' are then carried backward to rm the bars d. and made fast to the axle. The two parts of this draft bar are prevented from spreading apart by two straps E and F, which embrace them and are riveted to them. The strap E serves as a housing for a bolt G and This bolt projects rearward from the housing and is provided with a lip g whichis adapted to engage over the top of the'front end of a bar a. which is attached to the bottom of the cart body and projects forward therefrom, resting upon the draft bar.

The front end of the strap vE is turned inward ing thereon draws the bolt gravity of the unless restrained,

The ends of bars d are bent outward to form an abutment for the bolt operating spring coilH, which embraces a rod g attached to the bolt and extending forward therefrom. The other strap F serves as a guide for the front end of the rod g, which at its front end is bent to form a loop 9 This loop is conveniently adjacent to the handle loop d of the draft bar. l

Normally, the parts are held in the position shown in Fig. 1, but when one wishes to release the cart body and allow it to dump, he inserts his fingers in the loo 9 and by pullforward out of engagement with the bar a, whereupon the body. being unrestrained, tips backward.

When one wishes to return the body to its operative position relative to the other parts, he may, by taking hold of the loop 9 pull the bolt G forward, and may, at the same'time, swing the draft bar upward until it is in such position that when said bolt is released it will e moved by its spring into the described enga ement with the bar a.

aving described my invention, I claim: 1. The combination having depending erforated ears and a for- -wardly extended ar a, an axle rotatably mounted in said cars, a draft bar havingat of a dump cart body its rear end, two arms which are connected with the axle, a spring bolt mounted-upon die to form a handle loop, which .two parts,

are bent apart near their rear ends and then rearward to form the arms (2 which are con nected with the axle, an axle rotatably mounted in. said ears, the straps E and F embracing and secured to the two contacting parts of the draft bar and helding them together, one of said straps being in the form of a bolt housing, and the other being adapted to serve as a guide for a bolt 0 crating rod, a ,;sprlng bolt mounted in sai housing and adapted to rojcct therefrom rearward and to engage with the top of the bar a, and a a long at bolt operating rod connected with said bolt t In testimmly WhQT'COOB and extending forward out of the bolt h0us- Signature in the presence ing and through the guide formed in the F 3A other stra and havmg an operatmg loop 011 lts forwar and arranged m convement rela- Wmnesses:

tiQn to the loop at the front end of the draft I bar. 

